If this is the same problem I had, I have a fix. My old pc cannot boot from USB. I put kernel and initrd on a spare hard disk partition, and the root filesystem.squashfs on the usb stick /dev/sdb1. This works with boot option: live-media=/dev/sdb1. This boot option is documented in: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/man7/casper7.html , but ubuntu 11.10 does not support it. I could easily fix this, and/or do not understand why the missing code disappeared. See attached patch.
** Attachment added: "patch for casper for support of boot option live-media" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/423616/+attachment/2743507/+files/patch_casper -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423616 Title: casper boot doesn't work with some boot options To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/423616/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
